Every law Congress has passed

1,824 laws of the 50th Congress, 1887–1889

1. Joint resolution to pay the officers, clerks and employees of Congress their salary for December on December twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

   Public Resolution 1 · 25 Stat. 1019 · December 20, 1888 · Original text

2. Joint resolution accepting the invitation of the Imperial German Government to the Government of the United States to become a party to the International Geodetic Association.

   Public Resolution 3 · 25 Stat. 1019 · December 20, 1888 · Original text

3. An act making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes.

   Ch. 7 · 25 Stat. 638 · December 22, 1888 · Original text

4. An act authorizing the president to appoint and retire Andrew J, Smith, late colonel of the Seventh United States Cavalry and a major-general of volunteers.

   Ch. 8 · 25 Stat. 638 · December 24, 1888 · Original text

5. An act for the relief of George S. Thwing.

   Ch. 9 · 25 Stat. 1251 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

6. An act to increase the pension of Mrs. Ella M. Grover.

   Ch. 10 · 25 Stat. 1251 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

7. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Louisa Ward.

   Ch. 11 · 25 Stat. 1252 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

8. An act granting a pension to Lemuel S. Skinner.

   Ch. 12 · 25 Stat. 1252 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

9. An act granting a pension to Nancy A. Hayes.

   Ch. 13 · 25 Stat. 1252 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

10. An act granting an increase of pension to Caroline M. McDougal.

    Ch. 14 · 25 Stat. 1252 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

11. An act for the relief of George W. Graham.

    Ch. 15 · 25 Stat. 1252 · December 24, 1888 · Private law · Original text

12. An act granting a pension to Catherine Tate.

    Ch. 16 · 25 Stat. 1253 · December 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

13. An act granting an increase of pension to William H. H. Welsh.

    Ch. 17 · 25 Stat. 1253 · December 25, 1888 · Private law · Original text

14. An act granting to Citrous Water Company right of way across Papago Indian Reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona.

    Ch. 18 · 25 Stat. 639 · January 1, 1889 · Original text

15. An act to regulate appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States.

    Ch. 19 · 25 Stat. 639 · January 4, 1889 · Original text

16. An act to incorporate the American Historical Association.

    Ch. 20 · 25 Stat. 640 · January 4, 1889 · Original text

17. An act to authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

    Ch. 21 · 25 Stat. 640 · January 8, 1889 · Original text

18. An act to construct a road from Florence, South Carolina, to the national cemetery adjacent thereto

    Ch. 22 · 25 Stat. 641 · January 8, 1889 · Original text

19. An act granting a pension to Mary E. Johnston.

    Ch. 23 · 25 Stat. 1253 · January 8, 1889 · Private law · Original text

20. An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota.

    Ch. 24 · 25 Stat. 642 · January 14, 1889 · Original text

21. An act granting a pension to William H. Starr.

    Ch. 25 · 25 Stat. 1254 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

22. An act granting a pension to Ephriam Nye.

    Ch. 26 · 25 Stat. 1254 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

23. An act granting a pension to John Lynn.

    Ch. 27 · 25 Stat. 1254 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

24. An act granting a pension to Mary Ann Shook.

    Ch. 28 · 25 Stat. 1254 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

25. An act granting a pension to Baker Saine.

    Ch. 29 · 25 Stat. 1254 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

26. An act granting a pension to Henry Sommers.

    Ch. 30 · 25 Stat. 1255 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

27. An act granting a pension to Anthony Shafer

    Ch. 31 · 25 Stat. 1255 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

28. An act granting a pension to Martha Giddings, formerly Martha Priest.

    Ch. 32 · 25 Stat. 1255 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

29. An act granting a pension to Jemima Sterling

    Ch. 33 · 25 Stat. 1255 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

30. An act granting a pension to Daniel Tanner.

    Ch. 34 · 25 Stat. 1255 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

31. An act granting a pension to Micah French.

    Ch. 35 · 25 Stat. 1256 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

32. An act granting a pension to Fredericka Liesegang.

    Ch. 36 · 25 Stat. 1256 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

33. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Louise M. Humphrey.

    Ch. 37 · 25 Stat. 1256 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

34. An act for the relief of Louisa McLain.

    Ch. 38 · 25 Stat. 1256 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

35. An act for the relief of Ida M. Howell.

    Ch. 39 · 25 Stat. 1256 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

36. An act for the relief of John Sweeney.

    Ch. 40 · 25 Stat. 1257 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

37. An act for the relief Motier Howe.

    Ch. 41 · 25 Stat. 1257 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

38. An act for the relief of William R. Rodgers.

    Ch. 42 · 25 Stat. 1257 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

39. An act granting an increase of pension to Francis De Freitas.

    Ch. 43 · 25 Stat. 1257 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

40. An act granting an increase of pension to Laura L. Wallen.

    Ch. 44 · 25 Stat. 1258 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

41. An act granting an increase of pension to Jesse J. Clark.

    Ch. 45 · 25 Stat. 1258 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

42. An act increasing the pension of Miss Sarah Mary Carroll.

    Ch. 46 · 25 Stat. 1258 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

43. An act to grant an increase of pension to William E. Prince.

    Ch. 51 · 25 Stat. 1258 · January 15, 1889 · Private law · Original text

44. An act authorizing the Secretary of War to issue to the governor of the Territory of Montana military stores for the use of the regularly enlisted, organized, and uniformed active militia.

    Ch. 47 · 25 Stat. 646 · January 16, 1889 · Original text

45. An act to provide certain arms, ammunition, and equipage to the State of Oregon for the militia thereof.

    Ch. 48 · 25 Stat. 646 · January 16, 1889 · Original text

46. An act granting the right of way through certain lands in the State of Minnesota to the Moorhead, Leech Lake and Northern Railway Company.

    Ch. 49 · 25 Stat. 647 · January 16, 1889 · Original text

47. An act to amend the postal laws of the United States in reference to letters bearing special delivery stamps.

    Ch. 50 · 25 Stat. 650 · January 16, 1889 · Original text

48. An act granting a pension to Carter W. Tiller.

    Ch. 52 · 25 Stat. 1258 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

49. An act granting a pension to Emma F. Read.

    Ch. 53 · 25 Stat. 1259 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

50. An act for the relief of Nancy E. Sawyer.

    Ch. 54 · 25 Stat. 1259 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

51. An act for the relief of William E Springstein

    Ch. 55 · 25 Stat. 1259 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

52. An act for the relief of Leaman L. Bowers.

    Ch. 56 · 25 Stat. 1259 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

53. An act granting a pension to John M. Krunk.

    Ch. 57 · 25 Stat. 1260 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

54. An act granting a pension to Mary Jane Jelly.

    Ch. 58 · 25 Stat. 1260 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

55. An act granting a pension to Ira E. Baldwin.

    Ch. 59 · 25 Stat. 1260 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

56. An act granting a pension to John W. Ellis.

    Ch. 60 · 25 Stat. 1260 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

57. An act granting a pension to Emelia Mumm.

    Ch. 61 · 25 Stat. 1260 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

58. An act granting a pension to Anna Boppell.

    Ch. 62 · 25 Stat. 1261 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

59. An act granting a pension to Jesse Spencer.

    Ch. 63 · 25 Stat. 1261 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

60. An act for the relief of A. P. Swineford.

    Ch. 64 · 25 Stat. 1261 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

61. An act to increase the pension of William Gallagher.

    Ch. 65 · 25 Stat. 1261 · January 16, 1889 · Private law · Original text

62. An act granting the right of way to the Pensacola and Memphis Railroad Company over and through the public lands of the United States in the States of Florida? Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and granting the right of way to said railroad company over and through the United States naval and military reservations near Pensacola, in the State of Florida.

    Ch. 66 · 25 Stat. 651 · January 17, 1889 · Original text

63. An act granting a pension to Henrietta Waldron.

    Ch. 67 · 25 Stat. 1261 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

64. An act granting a pension to Samuel M. Reese.

    Ch. 68 · 25 Stat. 1262 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

65. An act granting a pension to Ann Bryan.

    Ch. 69 · 25 Stat. 1262 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

66. An act granting a pension to Mary A. McCool.

    Ch. 70 · 25 Stat. 1262 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

67. An act granting a pension to Jane Jackson.

    Ch. 71 · 25 Stat. 1262 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

68. An act granting a pension to Captain William J. Duley.

    Ch. 72 · 25 Stat. 1262 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

69. An act granting a pension to John Wallace.

    Ch. 73 · 25 Stat. 1263 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

70. An act granting a pension to Milton Wallen

    Ch. 74 · 25 Stat. 1263 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

71. An act granting a pension to P. F. Jonte

    Ch. 75 · 25 Stat. 1263 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

72. An act granting a pension to Mrs. Anna Leach.

    Ch. 76 · 25 Stat. 1263 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

73. An act granting a pension to Myra Sinclair.

    Ch. 77 · 25 Stat. 1263 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

74. An act granting a pension to Mrs Almira J. Towner.

    Ch. 78 · 25 Stat. 1264 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

75. An act for the relief of Elizabeth C. Cole.

    Ch. 79 · 25 Stat. 1264 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

76. An act for the relief of William A. Mathes.

    Ch. 80 · 25 Stat. 1264 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

77. An act for the relief of Isaac Roshon.

    Ch. 81 · 25 Stat. 1264 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

78. An act for the relief of Margaret M Hatch.

    Ch. 82 · 25 Stat. 1264 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

79. An act to increase the pension of Joseph Holmes.

    Ch. 83 · 25 Stat. 1265 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

80. An act granting an increase of pension to Jonathan C. Harrison.

    Ch. 84 · 25 Stat. 1265 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

81. An act restoring to the pension-roll the name of James Monohan, minor child of Richard Monohan, deceased.

    Ch. 85 · 25 Stat. 1265 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

82. An act granting a pension to Aaron R. Gilkison.

    Ch. 86 · 25 Stat. 1265 · January 17, 1889 · Private law · Original text

83. An act granting a pension to Charlotte Taylor.

    Ch. 87 · 25 Stat. 1266 · January 18, 1889 · Private law · Original text

84. An act granting a pension to Joseph Rosier.

    Ch. 88 · 25 Stat. 1266 · January 18, 1889 · Private law · Original text

85. An act granting a pension to Emmanuel P Steed

    Ch. 89 · 25 Stat. 1266 · January 18, 1889 · Private law · Original text

86. An act granting a pension to Samuel J. Wright.

    Ch. 90 · 25 Stat. 1266 · January 18, 1889 · Private law · Original text

87. An act for the erection of a public building at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Ch. 91 · 25 Stat. 652 · January 21, 1889 · Original text

88. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon, at Omaha, Nebraska.

    Ch. 92 · 25 Stat. 652 · January 21, 1889 · Original text

89. An act to increase the appropriation for the purchase of a site for a building for a post-office, courthouse, and other offices in San Francisco, California.

    Ch. 93 · 25 Stat. 653 · January 21, 1889 · Original text

90. An act for the relief of Jesse Durnell.

    Ch. 94 · 25 Stat. 1267 · January 21, 1889 · Private law · Original text

91. An act increasing the pension of Mrs. Elizabeth G. Scott.

    Ch. 95 · 25 Stat. 1267 · January 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

92. An act granting an increase of pension to Margaret S. Heintzehnan.

    Ch. 96 · 25 Stat. 1267 · January 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

93. An act to increase the pensions of Mrs. Mary Ann Cross, Mrs. Minnie L. Gardiner, and Mrs. Lilla May Pavy to thirty dollars per month.

    Ch. 97 · 25 Stat. 1267 · January 22, 1889 · Private law · Original text

94. Joint resolution to print additional copies of the United States map of the edition of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, prepared by the Commissioner of Public Lands.

    Public Resolution 2 · 25 Stat. 1019 · January 23, 1889 · Original text

95. An act for the relief of Richard Trabue, executor of James Trabue, deceased, Thornton Thatcher, Michael Callahan, and the widow of John Waters.

    Ch. 98 · 25 Stat. 1268 · January 28, 1889 · Private law · Original text

96. An act to amend an act entitled “An act declaring that certain water reserve lands in the State of Wisconsin are and have been subject to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled An act granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five,” approved September tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

    Ch. 99 · 25 Stat. 654 · January 30, 1889 · Original text

97. An act to increase the maximum amount of international money-orders from fifty to one hundred dollars.

    Ch. 100 · 25 Stat. 654 · January 30, 1889 · Original text

98. An act granting a pension to George W. Fogle.

    Ch. 101 · 25 Stat. 1268 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

99. An act granting a pension to Danville A. Ricker.

    Ch. 102 · 25 Stat. 1268 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text

100. An act granting a pension to Walter N. Smith.

     Ch. 103 · 25 Stat. 1268 · January 30, 1889 · Private law · Original text